Ok, 99% of the time, female characters in film piss me off. Perfect examples would include She’s The Man, Tomb Raider, and even Cinderella. Why does Amanda Bynes have to play the final soccer game with her hair down? No one plays soccer with their hair down. Why does Angelina Jolie have to be wearing a tight tanktop and pants in order to defeat evil? I don’t know about the other girls in the class, but if I knew I was going to be battling zombies, I’d choose a sports bra and leave my Victoria Secret Push-Up for another time. Why is the entire point of Cinderella have to revolve around her ending up with a man that she has literally known for three hours?

After reading the articles for class the other day, I think the author has a good starting point for the fundamental building blocks of female characters in film. The dominatrix, rape avenger, mother, daughter, or amazon. While I do agree that these are a good starting point, I don’t think it is possible for a female character to fall under only one category. Furthermore is something that disturbs me even more. How sad is it that after all the years of making movies, it is still near possible to place every female character into only 5 different categories?